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Blood, Sweat & Cheers has a post on the exercise regimen of four competitive eaters.
Takeru Kobayashi, Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda, Damon Wells and Matt Cohen are expected to compete in the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce taco eating contest at Chronic Tacos in Redondo Beach on September 1.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear and answer questions at the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary Hungry in Los Angeles August 30.
Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY will hold a clam eating contest on Sunday awarding $1750 ($1000 to the winner). There will also be a contest for firefighters awarding $4000 to fire houses; Takeru Kobayashi will coach the first responders.
Takeru Kobayashi will serve as a judge at the 4th Annual American Coney Island Coney Dog Eating Challenge in Detroit on August 28.
Takeru Kobayashi is billed as the featured competitor for the World Brain Eating Championships to be held at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis on October 11. Joey Chestnut won the 2013 contest.
Let em Eat V
update CTVNews.ca has a video.
Official top 3:
1) Takeru Kobayashi 62
2) Pat Bertoletti 59
3) Jamie McDonald 36
update Kobayashi won the contest, Pat Bertoletti was second. Kobayashi’s total was 62 slices
Yesterday, Jamie McDonald ate a pizza at Pie Wood Fired Pizza in 32 seconds, then Pat Bertoletti ate a pizza in 17 seconds.
The Saint Louis Rams twitter reports that Takeru Kobayashi will judge the best burger contest at the Fan Fest on Saturday.
Let 'em Eat 5 will take place at PIE Wood Fired Pizza Joint in Barrie, ON on August 4 and award $5,000 ($2,500 to the winner). Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti and Jamie McDonald are listed as expected entrants.
230 Fifth bunless hot dog contest
update A contest video is available
A 230 Fifth in Manhattan today, Takeru Kobayashi ate 113 bunless hot dogs in 10 minutes today.
Results via Johnny Excel:
1) Takeru Kobayashi 113 (or 112)
2) Pat Bertoletti 85 (or 87)
3) Jamie McDonald 77
4) Tim Brown 45
5) Wayne Algenio 35
6) Johnnie Excel 28
Molly Schuyler was also present. I am not sure if she competed.
update July 5 Miscellaneous Kobayashi links
- Freakonomics podcast about Takeru Kobayashi
- MSNBC live interview of Takeru Kobayashi and Pat Bertoletti
- Vice.com report about a training session with Takeru Kobayashi
Sportsgrid has a list of 9 things you did not know about Takeru Kobayashi.
A press release announces that the hot dogs eaten in Takeru Kobayashi's July 4 contest at 230 Fifth in Manhattan will lack buns. The contest is incorrectly billed as the first bunless hot dog eating competition; a bunless hot dog eating contest won by Lynda Kuerth was held in Philadelphia in 1977.
A press release announces the field for the "Hot Dog Insanity" eating contest to be held July 4 at 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar in Manhattan: Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown, Wayne Algenio, Johnnie Excel, Jesse Kankula.
Takeru Kobayashi will be participating in an event titled "Hot Dog Insanity" in New York City on July 4. No other details are listed.
The Guardian has an excerpt from Think Like a Freak, the new book by the authors of Freakonomics with a section about Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan's hot dog record. There is also a section about the requirement in Van Halen's contract for a bowl of M&Ms with no brown candies.
Kobayashi segment on CBS’ Sunday Morning
The authors of Freakonomics appeared on CBS’ Sunday Morning earlier this week to promote their new book, Think Like a Freak. A segment about Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan’s record appeared in the video (starting around 3:50) (via Free Kobayashi)
Waterstones has a display of the UK edition, which has hot dogs on the cover in reference to the Kobayashi material.
In an episode of Hulu's new supernatural stoner comedy web series Deadbeat, the ghost of deceased competitive eater Hiro Tamagachi (based on Takeru Kobayashi) wants to have the rabbi who received his stomach organ face off against his arch rival Johnny Praline in Oinky's hot dog eating contest near Times Square. (previous instances of a Mr. Praline in a comedy series)
Takeru Kobayashi is featured in the third chapter of Think Like a Freak, the new book by the authors of Freakonomics due out May 13. The cover of the UK edition alludes to this chapter. (via Takeru Kobayashi)
In Bonobo's Bracket Challenge, participants can choose to pair their predictions for the college basketball tournament with the picks of Takeru Kobayashi or one of four other celebrities. Each bracket will count towards half the final score and the winner will receive two tickets to the 2015 Final Four. (via finance.yahoo.com) update Bostinno has more information about the contest
Takeru Kobayashi will appear on Huffington Post Live today at 4:09 pm eastern.
Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at Seton Hall in October is mentioned in an article about marketing techniques used by New Jersey college basketball programs.
Fox Soccer has modified a picture of Takeru Kobayashi's July 4, 2011 hot dog exhibition to replace his face with that of Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United, who reportedly had to have his stomach pumped after overeating, causing him to miss yesterday's game.
OregonLive has an article about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at Portland State's basketball tournament this weekend where he competed against all the cheerleaders in a hot dog eating contest.
GoViks.com has more information about Takeru Kobayashi's appearances at Portland (Oregon) State basketball games this weekend. He will compete against media members on Friday and against a student champion on Saturday.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear on VH1's Big Morning Buzz at 10 AM today, presumably to promote the release of the documentary Hungry.
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